Australian politician and judge. From 1883 to 1893 was Premier of Queensland, from 1893 to 1903 Chief Justice of Queensland, and from 1903 to 1919 Chief Justice of Australia. Opponent of the use of contract Kanaka labour in Queensland.
Griffith, Samuel Walker (Sir), 1845-1920
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Paton, John Gibson, 1824-1907 : Newspaper cuttings relating to the labour trade between...
Date: 1890-1895
From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-0030
Description: Newspaper cuttings on the contract labour trade between Queensland and the New Hebrides, detailing the iniquitous practice of the trade. Includes an open letter by Paton protesting against the revival of the trade, dated Feb 1892, to the Premier of Queensland, Sir Samuel Griffith, and Griffith's reply. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: Full description in inventory, also in "Complete Annotated Catalogue" (Canberra: PMB, 1991) which has an index.
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Hanhart, Michael :[Portrait of S W Griffith] Cheltenham; Beyon & Company [ca 1880]
By: Hanhart, Michael, active 1870-1882; New Zealand Law Society
Reference: G-155
Description: Three-quarters frontal half-length portrait of lawyer Sir Samuel Griffith On deposit from the New Zealand Law Society, since the 1970s? Do not deframe Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - in ink: Yours very truly, S W Griffith Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, 408 x 287 mm
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The Illustrated New Zealand News :Members of the Federation Conference held in Sydney [...
Date: 1884
Reference: C-068-005
Description: Head and shoulders portraits of: J W Downer, Attorney-General, South Australia; W Des Voeux, KCMG, Fiji; M Fraser, Colonial Secretary, W. Australia; J C Bray, Premier, S. Australia; S W Griffith, Premier, Queensland; F Whitaker, New Zealand; A Stuart, Premier, New South Wales; J Service, Premier, Victoria; G B Kerford, Attorney-General, Victoria; Graham Berry, Chief Secretary, Victoria; W R Giblin, Premier, Tasmania; G R Dibbs, Colonial Treasurer, New South Wales; H A Atkinson, Premier, N Z; J F Garrick, Postmaster-General, Queensland; N J Brown, Minister of Lands and Works, Tasmania; W B Dalley, Attorney-General, New South Wales. Published in: the Illustrated New Zealand News [1884] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 305 x 445 mm